Hey hey ladies and gents!
1. The long weekend was great to see where people were at...although to be fair it was pretty quiet most of the time lol so the real shit started yesterday. My main goal here was to solidify things with Matt/Reynold/Steph + reunite with Liz and make sure that relationship is still alright. I did want to try and get to know Jed and Wardog too, just so they weren't after me, but man things took a bit of an unexpected turn.
This is getting a bit off track from the question but WHATEVER here's what went down after we realized we lost the challenge. Prior to this, we had been discussed splitting the votes between Wardog and Laura to get Wardog out of here but then things got a bit mental. Jed was very against voting out Wardog since he didn't think Laura contributed much to the tribe and all that. Liz was still after Wardog at this point but then Wardog was also trying to lead some big move against Liz? And it was putting his feelers out and trying to rally the troupes to make this big move....at final 18? Lol anyway, we didn't want things to go to shit so eventually we appeased Jed with a Laura boot and also pushed Wardog in that direction rather than just blow things up so early. I would have preferred it to be Wardog but Laura would have been my next boot option anyway so I don't really care that much. Like I barely spoke to her and even if she was sweet, I really had no decent relationship there.
ANYWAY from all of this, Wardog decided to form this alliance between him, Steph, Matt, Reynold and I??? I don't know how serious he is about this and I really don't trust him a whole lot but he said he felt burned by his last tribe so this is sort of a new start for him. This is just going to complicate things because if this IS a real alliance then I'm going to be caught up in the middle of things which is always a messy spot to be in. Really does fill me with a lot of anxiety and dread lol so I just need to keep calm. I'm not even sure what will happen next but I don't really want Wardog or Liz to go quite yet, would rather have them go at it a bit more. I'd be fine to ditch Allie soon because she's kind of sketchy but would also be fine to let Jed go. Unfortunately Jed is Reynold's partner so that's less likely but uh....I'll make it work! As long as I stay out the crossfire here, I'm hoping I'll be good until the merge. Don't want to get too confident because there's probably a lot of other alliances and group chats happening but...yeah. That was that round and I think that semi answered the question.
2. I think challenge strength comes into play somewhat, especially when deciding between two people. That's part of the reason why people wanted Laura out because they felt she didn't really contribute much. For me, I don't usually put too much stock into it. If someone screws up the challenge but they're still my ally, I'm probably not going to vote them out for that. Obviously we want a strong team and all that but there's such a variety of challenges that we can't even be sure of everyone's strengths and weaknesses. I have been trying to play in some challenges though, just to show I'm helping and all for the team and all that. I'm solid, not amazing, but hopefully good enough that people don't look to me as a target for that.
3. Lol I bought the clue but I have no idea.
The first one was much easier to find with the wiki but this one I'm like....huh? Is it hidden on the board? Still on the wiki? Is it near the word you? What does any of that mean? Sherri can be smart but not always so I'm stumped right now. Might give it more of a go later but for now I'm pooped.
